
It applies to Ellie, whose thirst for vengeance led her to lose everyone and everything, ending her journey with less than when she started. It applies to Joel, whose personal history and affection for Ellie led him to kill many people just to save a single person. This post contains spoilers for The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part 2.Īll of this is important when providing context about The Last of Us and its characters, and this applies to an extent to all of the game's protagonists and side characters alike. Naughty Dog also makes an effort to show that The Last of Us is not merely about surviving, but finding a purpose in all of it and preserving one's humanity, however hard it may end up being.

The Last of Us games are very violent. Allegiances shift and depressing moments are just around the corner, and the series embraces the logic that no one is ever safe in its world.

Naughty Dog's The Last of Us is a series of games that explore how the world and mankind changed as the Cordyceps Brain Infection devastated humanity over many years.
